Just wanted to say happy 4th of July to all of us in the USA and I can't remember what it's called but doesn't Argentina or Brazil celebrate their independence day next week. So happy whatever it's called.
I'm slowly getting back into my stories so hopefully I can get something posted this weekend.
Have fun and try not to blow off any important parts.
Yes I'm talking about you .... I still remember last year.
Another week gone by and a little bit of writing done. Started another story. New Life also I'm working on I Have Another Sister?, it's a Veronica style story but with Jane as the big sister.
Someone asked me an interesting question the other day. What kind of writer do I consider myself?
I had to think about that for a while. I couldn't come up with an answer and I think I know why. I DON'T think of myself as a writer. Sure I do some writing and honestly I love it but I'm not a writer. I could say something about not being that good or something else but I think it comes down to self image. I just don't see myself as a writer, kind of like the smoker that can't quit until they see themselves as a nonsmoker. I just like to do it and that's enough for me.
Just something I wanted to share.
Oh and RLobinske started a new John Lane, 35: Give Me a C!
Ranger Thorne started Long Trek Home
and the almighty TAG is still working on Death Takes a Holliday.
I wrapped up Infected yesterday and Avalon today.
Doggieboy has finally released the long waited Epilogue 3 to A Little Vacation.
TAG has posted Part 3 to Death Takes a Holliday.
Now you go write something.
And post it!
I posted a couple of updates over on the PPMB. Avalon is up to 23 and Infected is up to 4. I've also posted a bit of backstory on Danielle Todds of the An Overlooked Flaw verse on my various story sites. HERE
I am declaring it the season of Zombie Daria fics. There is currently three active stories on the message board.
'A Little Vacation' by Doggieboy
'D: The Last Cynic' by CDM
'Infected' by me
Undead shipping is the new cool.
I have to mention again that TAG has a new story running.
TAG has released a new story. (Death Takes a Holliday) Ranger Thorne has updated Big Jake's Harley-Davidson.
Everyone stay calm, it's only two signs of the end. I'm sure that nothing else will happen.
Stop hoarding.
Stop looting.
Ok you two in the back of the convertible, that's ok.
I just posted another update to Avalon on PPMB and tossed up Continue on my site. I wasn't really happy with it so I ended it after just a couple of parts. Rita is the devil in it. And I played around with the idea of Jake having a little sister.
I also posted a few scenes from Starting Over that I had written when I was playing with the story. (Before I killed it.)
TAG has apparently joined the collection of people not taking very good care of themselves. Someone call his mother/wife/girlfriend/creditor, anyone who has a vested interest in keeping him alive and tell on him.
I just updated Avalon on PPMB to Part 19.
RLobinske has started Falling into College 62: Run it Up the Mast and Dennis has had a couple of updates for Turnabout Confusion Part II.
In really big news. Doggieboy put up his first epilog for A Little Vacation.
All in all it's been a slow week but not to slow. I would like to offer up something to the Irredeemable Daria characters. Tom, mostly considered harmless except for the whole his entire reason to exist was they wanted Daria to have a boyfriend.
How about the fact he went after one girl before ending it with her friend. If Tom had broken up with Jane before he started making moves on Daria that would be different. But no, he went after his girlfriend's best friend while they were still dating. Here's a question for someone to ponder. If Daria had shot him down would he have broken up with Jane or tried to continue the relationship.
To me that's why Tom is irredeemable and why he has yet to play any real role in my stories. I tend to be very biased against cheaters.
Have a great weekend.
I posted part 18 to Avalon on the PPMB. Where else duh.
For the title of this blog I offer The Oher Side Of Time: And All That We've Won by The Sidhe. He/she wrapped it up. This tale in both it's parts is incredible to say the least. If you haven't read it then you need to.
Doggieboy's A Little Vacation is closing on it's end with just three epilogs left. I just can't stand the thought of this one ending. sniff sniff. It's such a happy little tale of love and zombies and friendship and zombies.
I am freaking out about only having one story active right now. It's messing with my head.
Not much happening at the moment. I thought I would update my current projects list.
| 1. Mobius Strip. | Daria discovers she has more friends than anyone ever has before while Quinn’s new math obsession really takes her places. |
| 2. Daria Arrives. | Daria shows up in Lawndale a year after her family moves there. |
| 3. Of Metal and Men II | Continuing the story line of machines taking over the earth. |
| 4. She died. | Someone close to Quinn dies and she doesn’t have anyone to talk to about it. |
| 5. I have a sister? | Jane has bad news and she isn’t that upset about it. |
| 6. But Why? | Quinn wants to know why Daria put away her camera. |
| The Girl and the Cynic. | Quinn passes away and Daria is left to raise her daughter. |
| 8. I knew it! | Daria finds out Helen was married briefly to another man and becomes convinced he is her real father. |
| 9. Continue. | Daria has to deal with a greedy Rita. |
| 10. Danielle. | Just a bit of back story on Danielle Todds. |
Also I will be updating EarthFall this weekend and ending the story. I might come back to it at another time but I'm not carrying the story very well in a regular series. I might throw out a few EarthFall oneshots a little later in the year.
That's all folks.
Ok I've wrapped up My Sons and posted another part to Avalon (Part 16)
In real news NightGoblyn wrapped up The Misery Chicks and you have to go read it. This story along with A Little Vacation by Doggieboy are going to rule the Booties next year, everybody else go home, it's done.
Gouka Ryuu has dealt out a Legion of Lawndale Heroes Minis and LSauchelli has offered up a Lawndale's Finest oneshot. Both are great and maybe it might keep us all from going twitchy on the writers of those worlds while we're waiting for them to update.
Dennis has released another update for Turnabout Confusion.
Is anyone else getting sick of reality inferring with people updating their fics. I mean, c'mon, shouldn't the government offer some form of restitution for all the Daria fans these people are keeping off the streets. But no they would rather give money to velvet pictures of Elvis, he's not even dead yet. So write your congressman or equivalent and demand support for the Daria arts.
It's not any sillier than them spending millions to build a road that doesn't go anywhere.
Just updated My Sons and Avalon over at PPMB.
DOGGIEBOY UPDATED A LITTLE VACATION with Part 18, you are a bad, bad person if you haven't read this story at least three times. Ok maybe you aren't a bad person but you aren't real bright.
RLobinske update his current John Lane story, 34 Part 3.
Side note, Brother Grimace hinted that there may be a Angst filled RLobinske story out there. That's a must read!
Solaris is putting out a lot of reviews to stories so that's worth a look.
Hopefully everyone will enjoy this last day off before returning to the salt mines tomorrow.
I added two partials to my fic site, these are stories I walked away from. I marked them in Purple for easy finding.
The Sidhe once again proves that the Irish had it right with The Other Side of Time: And All That We've Won. (9)
Last but not least I'm going to comment on something crossada75 said over at PPMB.
GO TO THE DOCTOR!
The members of Daria fandom are a finite resource that should be intent on maintaining their health if for no other reason than reproduction of new Daria fans. New fans are going to become rarer and rarer as time goes by. This can only be offset by a friendly doorman being there for the stragglers who discover Daria on the web, standing there with an umbrella and a cup of hot cocoa inviting them in from the rain. New blood is out there and they will come but it would be nice to make sure some of the old timers are still around to greet them.
I won't be doing much writing this evening. The new season of Doctor Who starts here in the US tonight.
But BlackHole and NightGoblyn both posted updates to PPMB so go read them and pitchfork NightGobyln concerning his Heather/Damsel Chronicles. Then we need to find LSauchelli and chain him to his keyboard after watching all the Daria shows upside down.
Hope everyone has a good start of the weekend.
I just posted some updates, where else but the PPMB. I have to recommend checking out the Daria Fandom blog II through that handy dandy link to the right. Maybe I'm reading it wrong but it sure seems like TAG has a really important message up today.
Also there is a new Iron Chef by DigiSim and Solaris plans to review some fanfiction.
Now to discuss something. I'm dyslexic and considered nonfunctional (what that means I'm really not sure). Basically when most people see a word, they see letters, the parts of the word. For me it's a solid, I'm unable to break words and even sentences down into their parts or structure. For me the finished product is all there is.
I am lucky enough that my dyslexia only effects output, meaning I can read perfectly and understand what I'm read but I cannot find mistakes even if their obvious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
If you go down that page to a section called Reading and spelling you will see several bullet points that anyone familiar with my stories will recognize right off.
This isn't a cop out, I rather enjoy when some people like Derek and DigiSim for example point out the usually humorous mistakes. (PLEASE Don't you dare stop doing it.) My work needs all the help it can get.
I'm offering up this information as an explanation, I'm not lazy, or uncaring when it comes to editing my work. I just can't see these kinds of mistakes. This also means that I'm completely at the mercy of my word processing program and I'm sure you all know how fickle they are.
Sleep tight because the bed bugs will bite.
Another weekend gone and I'm more tired now than I was on Friday. Well I did get some updates done.
Question time. Lets say someone started a story based loosely off some disturbing news reports from a year or so before and then just as they got around to starting it, the same thing happened again. How long should said person wait before posting the story.
Any way Doggieboy updated a story and even if it wasn't A Little Vacation is was good. So go check out The Cynic, The Fashionista and The Jackass Part 13
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Alright I posted Parts 12 and 13 for Avalon and My Sons over at the PPMB.
But in real news Size does matter Pt 20 and It's Like the Beginning of an Era Part Three are up.
Someone dig up some dirt on NightGoblyn and blackmail him into updating his stories. Even one of them. Maybe someone can talk TAG into interviewing NightGoblyn as part of his new Author Interviews project, sounds like a great way to gather some dirt or something like that.
As strange as it sounds I actually had pizza for lunch yesterday. Probably the first pizza I've had in two years. I just couldn't resist a ham, pepperoni, sausage and bacon pie.
Well that's it for today.
Oh and if someone happens to know where to get a decent viewing copy of Pierce Me ... for off site backup only of course. Let me know. My copy is missing the entire phone call at the start of the show. I'd like to get a compete set. And with the Daria New Years blurb I think I've got about everything.
Posted some updates to My Sons, Avalon and Breed today. Did some reading but all and all I wasted the entire day. I should be ashamed of myself but I'm not oh well.
Since my last post the great and powerful Doggieboy has graced us all with an update to A Little Vacation. Now if we can get Sidhe to throw one out as well it'll be a pretty good week. The only thing that could make it better would be a TAG story. So far we got updates from RLobinske, Brother Grimace, Dennis, LSauchelli, Cypher, BlackHole and a new story from Kristen Bealer. You can't beat a week light that again excepting the mention point.
Well I'm going to go kill some pixels
Have a good night.
I just posted updates to four stories on PPMB. Now I'm tired.
Breed Pt 2. Hopefully a different take on the vampire saga.
My Sons Part 10. Daria is having fun and Quinn and Susan aren't.
Avalon Part 9. Quinn gets some training and Jane offers to cook.
EarthFall Episode 4 pt 2. A mission to gain needed protoculture.
But in really important news. The following stories have all had updates recently.
Size does matter Pt 19
And All That We've Won 6
The Misery Chicks Part Eighteen
All the King's Horses.
Clearly missing is a new part to A Little Vacation from Doggieboy but I'm sure this is merely an oversight that he better ... I mean will correct soon. Please. Pretty please with a meatlovers pizza on top.
I managed to post some updates and it's not even the weekend yet. Next I'll be turning water into Pepsi and fish into steak. Or maybe the other way around. Seafood has gone up in price.
Slow week so we might have to go after a few fanfic writers again. They know who they are. Now we'll need supplies. Rope, chains a few whips and some potato chips among other things.
Have fun and don't forget. If they keep typing you can stop hitting them.
It took all day and almost drove me insane but I finally got around to converting the .mht files on my site to html files. They have been tested in 4 browsers and three OSs so if it doesn't work ... it's you.
I guess that only took about three months of putting off and I only had to edit one in Dreamweaver. I even added Surprises not that anyone would want to read that. Seriously avoid it at all cost. The ending sucks.
Now maybe I can sit down and write something.
